A debut makeup line from the house of Paco Rabanne honors the late designer’s iconic metalwork and prompts an experimental streak.
Save this storyAll products featured on Vanity Fair are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
The fashion press was not prepared for Paco Rabanne’s first runway show in 1966. The title alone was a provocation: “Twelve Unwearable Dresses in Contemporary Materials.” Models strode through Paris’s Hotel George V wearing jangly constructions made of Rhodoid or metal tiles, each pieced together with rings using needle-nose pliers. decried the collection as “plastic bombing,” as if it were a blitzkrieg on good taste.
“It’s a fresh start,” says beauty creative director Diane Kendal, a longtime editorial force, as seen in her alluringly off-kilter campaign looks . As she speaks, the familiar rattle of spray paint is audible: It’s one of the Shimmer Bomb mists in the Arts Factory lineup, alongside the liquid Metal Shots and biodegradable loose glitters . Kendal appreciates the natural-leaning formulas as much as she does the opportunity for discovery: “You need to be drawn in and surprised and excited.
What makes the Rabanne aesthetic sing is a counterpoint of ease—bare skin peeking through mesh. The Fresh Touch foundation, lightweight and nourishing, has that effect; so does the lo-fi tinted Lovebalm for lips. It all speaks to a very human sense of play in contrast to an era of AI surreality. In the topsy-turvy ’60s, “the armor was almost necessary,” Rabanne said of his designs. So it is today.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Peru's Korean-pop revolution in Quechua, 'Q-pop'Lenin Tamayo, named after the leader of the Russian Revolution, is taking on Peru's music scene with a new genre that resembles South Korean pop music but with songs in Quechua, the language of the Incas.
Read more »
Prada Is 'Rethinking Beauty' With Launch Of Prada Beauty LineThe luxury label steps onto the beauty scene with first ever makeup and skincare collection
Read more »
Morgan Riddle brings extra love, lucky socks to tennis star Taylor Fritz’s matchesMorgan Riddle, girlfriend of tennis star Taylor Fritz, brings extra love, and luck, to his game.
Read more »
Review: ’80s pop music icon hits the concert trail instead of retiringLegendary Go-Go’s vocalist Belinda Carlisle kicks off long-awaited solo tour with shows in Napa Valley and San Francisco.
Read more »
The Czinger 21C Blackbird Edition Brings the SR-71 to the RoadAutomotive engineers love jets. Czinger is particularly fond of the world's fastest air-breather.
Read more »
Kelly Clarkson duets with daughter, brings son on stage at Vegas showKelly Clarkson brought out her daughter, River Rose, to perform 'Heartbeat Song' with her — and had a mini dance party with her son, Remington — during her Las Vegas concert Friday night.
Read more »